Folks often ask me, “Why don’t Orvis rods have hook keepers?” In this short, helpful video, Dan Pribanic from Chagrin River Outfitters in Ohio demonstrates the proper way to rig your rod when you’re moving from the car to the river or from one spot to another. If you simply hook the fly to a keeper down near the cork handle, you’ll have to reel the tip of your fly line through the top guides to get everything tight. When you arrive at your new fishing spot, you then have to navigate getting that fly-line-to-leader connection through the tip-top guide. This is not only a pain in the butt, but it’s the cause of many broken rod tips.
Instead, Dan shows you how to hook your fly to one of the upper guides and then run the leader around the foot of your reel. (What Dan doesn’t mention is that the Orvis Hydros Reel he’s using has a curved reel foot for this very purpose.) Then simply reel up the slack until everything is tight. Now your fly-line-to-leader is outside the tip top, so all you have to do is unhook the fly, and you’re ready to cast.
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